When Dongyang Lige entered East Arrival Pavilion within Luoyi Imperial Palace and met Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long, his heart still felt somewhat uneasy.
Just as people feared death more as they grew older, the higher one's cultivation, the more one knew, the more timid one became.
Dongyang Lige possessed a deep understanding of the royal clan—or rather, the foundations of imperial power.
However, the first words spoken by the Holy Son of Heaven of Great Zhou eased Dongyang Lige's heart.
"Dongyang Supreme Elder, who do you believe within the Ancestral God Hall is presently suited to serve as Grand Priest?"
Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long came straight to the point. The moment he spoke, he made his stance clear: he intended to replace the Grand Priest.
Naturally, Dongyang Lige knew the reason. Any emperor who had been beaten senseless before all his ministers and utterly lost face would certainly entertain thoughts of replacing the Grand Priest.
However, the Ancestral God Hall's Grand Priest was not someone an emperor could replace whenever he wished.
But at this moment, the smooth and worldly Dongyang Lige would never rub the emperor the wrong way. He would first go along with the emperor's wishes.
Most importantly, Dongyang Lige felt that replacing the current Grand Priest was in the Dongyang Family's interests.
Once the Ancestral God Hall's Grand Priest was replaced, the distribution of interests and power within the Ancestral God Hall would certainly be thrown into turmoil for a time. During this turbulent period, the Dongyang Family could expand its voice within the Ancestral God Hall as much as possible.
"Your Majesty, according to the ancestral rules of the Ancestral God Hall, the next Grand Priest is generally recommended by the current Grand Priest, or jointly recommended by multiple Grand Authority Priests, after which the